Jan 20, 2021

It came from the Toy Chest: Mighty Morphin Black Ranger

 

This is it... Billy, true Green Tommy and Z-Putty is all I need to "kwit teh lien" and have an acceptable core roster. Zack is the original Black Ranger who was replaced by Adam (played by popular anime VA Johnny Yong Bosch...) and the actor who played Zack, Walter E. Jones ended up on a Nickelodeon show.



Articulation 
Reqmember Vanilla Jason? Since the body sculpt is exactly the same as Jason,  so the articulation range is pretty similar. He can easily pull off many Sentai poses. I'd say he's more articulated than most Spider-Man figures by Hasbro.
4.5



Paint and sculpt 
The Face sculpt on the MMPR figures is a stylized one out of respect for Thuy Trang, who passed away. Incredibly, Trini resembles Thuy Trang far more than this figure resembles Walter E. Jones. Luckily, we have the Walgreens head.


Other than that it's the same sculpt as Jason but black... in the color of the suit not the skin tone of the character, Zack... I'm not Zordon!!
4.5


Accessories 
Braided Zack head
Extra hands
Power Axe
Blast effect
Blaster
Blaster in blade mode... you sick bastards! The one accessory that all Rangers needed, but only one can have it!? Dick move Hasbro, dick move.
5.0

Overall 
Zack gets a 4.67 as his final score. The sculpt is the biggest problem here. That head looks nothing like 1990s Walter E. Jones. At least the Walgreens head is passable. Need to fill the BBTS Pile of Loot to get Billy. 
*Update* A friend who is a girl, but not a girlfriend acquired a Z-Putty and a Green with Evil Tommy for me.

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